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How to remove the more link but still have a certain amount of words showing??

Right now I have something like <?php content('13'); ?>

is there a way to limit words showing but not have a more link appearing?

right now i am using this... Allows users to limit the number or words that are displayed when they want the excerpt or content of a post to appear.

Instead of the_excerpt() or the_content(), use <?php excerpt('word-limit'); ?> or <?php content('word-limit'); ?> within your loop to limit the words for each.

Example: <?php content('25'); ?>.

how would i limit my words but not have a link that says more.. I do not want to show any link but just limit my words.

anyone? any ideas?

i found this.. but no such luck really so far..

<?php global $more; $more = -1; //declare and set $more before The Loop ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); //begin The Loop ?>
<?php
if ($more == -1) { //do not use the more tag on the first one.
the_content();
$more = 0; //prevent this from happening again. use the more tag from now on.
}
else { //use the more tag
the_content(__('Read more...'));
}
?>
<?php endwhile; //end of The Loop ?>

http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt

You can filter the excerpt length and remove the [...] - the excerpt_more text.

Both filters go in the functions.php of the template, the_excerpt(); goes in the loop.